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Bupa notified the regulator and has acted to reimburse impacted aged care residents but the ACCC has still instituted proceedings against the company in the Federal Court.

The Ombudsman received 963 private health insurance complaints in the final three months of 2018, down from 1.028 during the September quarter.

The Australian Private Hospitals Association has welcomed Labor's $250 million election commitment to cutting public hospital elective surgery waiting lists but says it risks "entrenching perverse incentives" if it does not also address the 'harvesting' of privately insured patients.

The election debate over health funding is heating up with Labor pledging another $200 million for pathology tests while the Coalition has questioned the budgeting of its $2.3 billion cancer package and commitment to increasing public hospital funding.

The program will provide up to $300,000 over three years to one community organisation making a positive difference to the health of West Australians.

Members Health says Australian families would be hundreds of dollars better off each year if the federal government fully restored the 30 per cent Rebate on private health insurance.

Private Healthcare Australia has welcomed Labor's election commitment to establish a national standard for informed financial consent.

Medibank says contacts to the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service – 1800RESPECT – increased 30 per cent on the days immediately following the guilty verdict against George Pell.

A new look for nib's Australian-based travel insurance provider, World Nomads Group (WNG), announcing it has re-branded to nib Travel.

Private Healthcare Australia says its members "really welcome the focus on out of pocket costs occurring for specialist consultations" following Labor's recent announcement of a $2.3 billion Medicare Cancer Plan and ahead of the election that is expected to be called today.

Patients are still waiting for funded access to the latest continuous glucose monitoring devices despite the federal government's $100 million commitment.

Health minister Greg Hunt has announced a new review of natural therapies and private health insurance to be led by CMO Professor Brendan Murphy.